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#75656D

Gray · medium warm gray

About #75656D

With the hex code #75656D, this is a medium gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 46% red, 40% green and 43% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 7% yellow and 54% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Gray — a ΔE of 12.2 — followed by Taupe. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #65756D, a gray shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 5.47:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.47:1).

Colour codes

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CSS
Red117
Green101
Blue109

Closest named colours

Gray
#808080 · ΔE 12.2
Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 12.6
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 14.0

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #75656D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on gray #75656D.
5.47:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on gray #75656D.
3.84:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #75656D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#75656D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#66686D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#696A6D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#776568

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #75656D?

With the hex code #75656D, this is a medium gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 46% red, 40% green and 43% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 7% yellow and 54% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #75656D?

Use white text. White on #75656D has a contrast ratio of 5.47:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #75656D?

Its complementary colour is #65756D, and analogous partners are #756575 and #756565.